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Teaching Through Trade Books: Sharpening Your Senses

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Teaching Through Trade Books: Sharpening Your Senses

Students’ fascination with the world around them can inspire numerous investigations about the five senses. This month's Teaching Through Trade Book...

Survivor Science

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Survivor Science

Can you imagine yourself in the outback or on a tropical island, using your scientific smarts to outwit all the others? Why not challenge students to ...

Saving the Salmon

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Saving the Salmon

In November 2000, wild Atlantic salmon were placed under the protection of the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Washington Academy (WA) in Maine has pl...

Idea Bank: Pipe Cleaner DNA

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Idea Bank: Pipe Cleaner DNA

The pipe cleaner DNA model uses simple materials, but offers limitless opportunities for realistic manipulation, including DNA replication, mutation, ...

Science Sampler: Picture this-- Your students can't wait to review for a test!

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Science Sampler: Picture this-- Your students can't wait to review for a test!

Getting students to enjoy reviewing for a unit test was a challenge for this author, who developed Picture Review Pages. A Picture Review Page is a pa...

S'COOL Science

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S'COOL Science

This article details the experiences of a fifth-grade class taking part in a NASA project in which students make observations of clouds and other weat...

Spiderrific Learning Tools

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Spiderrific Learning Tools

The Spiderrific curriculum unit is a great way to capitalize on student interest in spiders. This unit meets several national science standards, inclu...

"Hoeked" on Science

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"Hoeked" on Science

Students at one school first encounter Anton Von Leeuwenhoek in the first half of fourth grade when they begin a major study of microscopy. This artic...

Wetlands Work

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Wetlands Work

With the help of coordinators from Louisiana State University—Louisiana Sea Grant College Program, this cross-curricular project in science, math, h...

Finding Science Past and Present: Universiteitsmuseum and Oude Hortus

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Finding Science Past and Present: Universiteitsmuseum and Oude Hortus

Although the Universiteitsmuseum, Utrecht University Museum, was founded in 1936, its roots reach much deeper. The museum showcases the University of ...

Outdoor Ecology School

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Outdoor Ecology School

On a bright spring day last year, high school environmental science students led third graders on a dynamic learning adventure as part of an annual Ou...

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